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Obscene, indecent, immoral, and offensive : 100+ years of censored, banned, and controversial films / Stephen Tropiano.

Author/creator Tropiano, Stephen
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew York : Limelight Editions, 2009.
Descriptionxi, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Censorship and silent cinema, or why a kiss is no longer just a kiss -- Movies, morality, and the (self-)regulation of the Hollywood film industry -- %@!%!#@#-- a few choice words about bad language -- Guns, gangs, and random acts of ultra-violence -- Sins of the flesh: sex and nudity on celluloid -- A hotbed of controversy: politics and religion -- [Appendices] -- "The Thirteen Points" adopted by NAMPI (1921) -- "The formula" (1924) -- The "Dont's and be carefuls" of the MPPDA (1927) -- The Motion picture production code (1930) -- Supplement to the Motion picture production code (1930) - Reasons for the Code -- The Legion of Decency -- The Motion picture ratings system (1968) -- The Motion picture production code: revisions of the profanity clause -- Special regulations on crime in motion pictures (1938)
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 349-350) and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes filmography: p. 301-308.
LCCN 2008052582
ISBN9780879103590 (alk. paper)
ISBN0879103590 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN 1995.62 T76 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold